“The new police are empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."
What’s new about this? A uniformed officer witnessing an attack “offense against the United States committed in their presence,” or suspected of “any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States” has always had the power to arrest without a warrant. This is nothing new. Local Police Officers have had the same powers for centuries. An officer can ee someone committing a crime, or receive a call about a person committing a crime, and the officer can then arrest the person upon sight.
http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws...8000-1250.html
Oh, Gee, look! Here’s the same verbiage dating back years.
All that wind taken from the sails.
”(C) make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony;”